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Forest Practices Board releases silviculture audit

The Forest Practices Board today released the report for its audit of the silviculture practices on Forest Licence A20021 held by West Fraser Mills Ltd. The licence is located northeast of Williams Lake around Quesnel Lake and Horsefly Lake in the Horsefly Forest District. The audit examined the silviculture practices of West Fraser Mills Ltd. […]

Forest Practices Board gets three new members

VICTORIA – Bruce Fraser, chair of the Forest Practices Board, issued the following statement upon the cabinet appointment of three new board members announced by Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell today: “On behalf of board members and staff at the Forest Practices Board, we are pleased to welcome Andrea Lyall, Michael Nash and David […]

Board to audit government forestry operations in Squamish

VICTORIA -The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of the Ministry of Forests small business forest enterprise program in the Squamish forest district this fall. The audit will look at the program’s operations near Harrison Lake, Squamish, Pemberton, Boulder Creek and in Tree Farm Licence 38 on the western edge of […]

Board to Conduct Second Pilot Audit on Forest Soil Conservation

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct its second pilot audit on forest soil conservation in the Columbia Forest District, later this July. In 2003, the Board conducted a pilot soil conservation audit, examining effectiveness of forest practices at protecting soil and site productivity. This second pilot audit will apply what was learned as […]

Audit of Boundary Forest District’s small business program shows improvements necessary to meet Forest Practices Code

VICTORIA- Forest practices in the Ministry of Forests’ Small Business Forest Enterprise Program (SBFEP) in the Boundary Forest District complied with most requirements of the Forest Practices Code, but there was poor performance in several important areas. These results are reported in a Forest Practices Board audit released today. The district’s road deactivation activities did […]

Changes needed to B.C.’s forest practices legislation

VICTORIA – In a new report released today, the Forest Practices Board is recommending that government make a number of improvements to the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA). These improvements all have been recommended in previous board reports, but government has never implemented the recommendations. “The board believes these changes are necessary to improve stewardship of […]

The Pas’ Forest Practices Get Clean Bill

The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. is carrying out good forest practices in the Fort St. James and Prince George forest districts, the Forest Practices Board reported today.